The Red Raiders scored 11 consecutive points to start the third quarter and outscored the Whalers, 44-8, in the second half en route to a 93-39 blowout.

Twelve players scored and six reached double figures for the Red Raiders (4-0). Kareem Davis and Kevin Brito led the way with 15 each, Dewayne Thomas and Jonathan Perez both had 12, and Ikenna Adigwe and Drew Healy chipped in 10 each.

Quincy Pope led the Whalers (3-1) with 10 points.

The hosts jumped out to a 10-2 lead in the opening three minutes and took a 23-13 lead after the opening stanza. The Red Raiders used suffocating defense (nine steals, six blocks) to build a 49-31 lead at the break.

“We have some length, and when we play fast and use our length we can create some problems,” Boyle said. “We did that a little bit tonight.”

Davis, a sophomore guard, scored all 15 of his points in the first half and dished out eight assists.

“I really thought tonight was the first time all season that [Davis] came out and played the way he is capable of playing,” Boyle said. “The first couple of games he struggled a bit. I thought he did a real good job distributing and shooting the ball when he was open.”

Lowell established itself inside in the third quarter by collecting nine layups, many off transition opportunities. The Whalers struggled to find the basket in the second half, at one point going 9:34 between field goals while the Red Raiders ran off 31 straight points.

Girls’ hockey

Coed swimming

O'Bryant 92, Minuteman 68 — Freshman Matthew Cummings finished first in two events during the first win of the season for the Tigers.

Football

Friday was the deadline for schools to notify the MIAA that they plan to appeal their divisional or sectional placement. It’s the first step to implementing the state’s new playoff system that drops the number of divisions from nine to six in EMass. Hearings will be the week of Jan. 7.

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